Thank
You that You have me in the place You want me just now…that even if I got here
through wrong choices or indifference or even rebellion, yet You knew my
mistakes and sins before I ever existed, and You worked them into Your plan to
draw me to Yourself, to mold and bless me, and to bless others through me. Thank You that, even if I’m here through the
ill-will or poor judgment of other people, all is well; for in Your sovereign
wisdom You are at work to bring about good results from all those past
decisions, those past events beyond my control—good results both for me and for
others. Thank You again that You meant
for good the terrible things that happened to Joseph, who as sold into slavery,
exiled to a distant country, and later sent to prison on false accusations…and
that through all this You had him in the right place at the right time, for
highly important reasons. I’m glad,
Lord, that You are the same today—well able to work things out for us, to turn
evil into good. I stand amazed at the
complexity and mystery of Your wisdom.
How safe it is for me to trust Your reasons for acting (or not acting)
and Your methods of working!
Thank
You that I can safely commit my location and situation to You. I can “be willing for You to shift me anywhere
on life’s checkerboard, or bury me anywhere in life’s garden, gladly yielding
myself for You to please Yourself with, anywhere and anyway You choose” (source
unknown). Thank You that I can trust You
with my future places—ready to go, ready to stay.
So
I rest in the fact that You have me in this place for this day, and I praise
You that You will faithfully guide me throughout life to just where You want me
to be, as I seek to do Your will.
And
most important of all is my place in You.
How delighted I am to have You as my dwelling place were I can settle
down, feel secure and be content anywhere on earth…You are my blessed home,
“where I can enter and be at rest even when all around and above is a sea of
trouble” (Andrew Murray). How my soul
delights to hide in the secret of Your presence…to take refuge in the shadow of
Your wings, to eat at Your table, to drink my fill of the river of Your
delights. How blessed I am, my King and
my God, for You have chosen me, and brought me near, to live in Your presence,
to behold Your delightfulness, to seek Your counsel.…And to think that I will
dwell in Your house forever!
Oh
the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and
unfathomable Him ways! Romans 11:33
He
who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the
Almighty. Psalm 91:1
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